NorthShoreWx

Score one for the optimists.

The snow caught in the 4" COCORAHS gage melted to 0.71". I haven't done a core sample yet, but this one time the gage may be close to the actual SWE because there wasn't even a breeze during most of the storm. It did get windy with some blowing snow towards the end. Definitely over performed on total liquid and snowfall. 7.6", which brings our season total snowfall up to 7.6".

Please post when it pleases you to do so. No reason to keep to a schedule for us knuckleheads. Best of health to you too.

Radar indicates a nice aftershock in eastern Nassau County. Any ground truth to this or is it a mirage?

Winter is ovah.

6.5" as of 10:30. 1.2" in the past hour. 27.9⁰ Moderate to occasionally heavy snow continues. I'm about to drive over to Farmingville. Should be a bit of an adventure.

It's a snowstorm now after the nice, but relatively unimpressive continuous light half inch per hour stuff overnight. Temperature down to 28⁰ and the visibility is quite low in moderate snow.

Wind kicked up and temperature quickly dropped below 30. The sights are awesome with 6" of snow blowing out of the trees. Also the lowest vis of the storm right now even when it isn't gusting. Probably less than 1/2 mile (moderate snow)

I stand corrected, it is 6" in 12 hours (8" in 24). I think it had been up to 7" for a few years, but I might be crazy.

5.3" here as of 9:30. Good shot at 6". FYI, warning criteria here is 6", but not if they think the 6" totals will be isolated (or spread out over more than 12 hours) [edited for correctness]

There wasn't a lick of wind overnight. No air advection of any kind in the boundary so the temperature basically pegged at 32 almost everywhere it was snowing, or maybe 31 inland (it's cooling north of the LIS now). I haven't measured yet, but we have 4 or 5" in open areas and bare ground under the evergreens. There will be a lot of snow blowing out of them when the wind picks up. Has anyone noticed that the temperature sensor at ISP has been running consistently a couple of degrees warmer than everywhere around them? Might be time for the NWS to do a calibration.

It's not useless. Thanks to this Central Park observation we now know that winter is over.

We're on the board. 0.1" as of midnight. 32⁰ Exit off the Sunken Meadow for 25a East is completely snow covered. North bound parkway was starting to cover on the north side of overpasses. That little extra shade during the day makes a difference.

Are these observations or entries for the common phrase book?

This looks like a forerunner to the main event. 35/28

38/27 now. We'll be fine.

40/29 here. Can't rule out a couple of raindrops initially, but I suspect the north shore starts as snow.

I go with greater than 50% coverage >= 1", but that's highly subjective. Sometimes if it seems to meet that criteria but looks wrong, I'll call it a trace. Pretty sure I am a lot less restrictive than airports. Anyone else notice how fast they go to zero snow cover while all around them is still buried? I think as soon as a bare spot is visible, they call it a trace or something like that.

19⁰ min this morning. Up to 37⁰ now with a SE breeze.

It's like the pizza. Halfway decent, but its better on LI

This model needs to be euthanized now. All surfaces covered. Heavy heavy snow; visibility less than a mile.

We will get nam'd at 18z. Thereafter it will converge on a more reasonable solution. A bit of blowing snow Sunday afternoon/evening will be a culture shock.

Sure do. That's funny; I came within a hair of sending you this same photo yesterday. A classic!

Have a great time. Hopefully I can join another one of these in the future. Was a blast in the past. Ironically, we're hosting friends from MA this weekend.

Winter is back! The usual optimists serial posting snow maps and the usual boo-birds throwing hot water all over them. That's what I'm talking about; bring it on!